Forgot I had some walleye footage. Blue jeans tribute to @Team9nine

 

Wow @TnRiver46, I figured you for a red paisley handkerchief patch guy on those pants  

@Jigfishn10, I could have used some, my knees nearly froze off 

5 minutes ago, TnRiver46 said:

@Jigfishn10, I could have used some, my knees nearly froze off 

You just needed some Italian ingenuity  

8 hours ago, TnRiver46 said:

Blue jeans tribute to @Team9nine

Yer fixin to get cuffed and stuffed when the North Woods Wardrobe Warden sees this. 😂

2 minutes ago, T-Billy said:

North Woods Wardrobe Warden

 

Lol that's a new one.  Not bad.

 

@TnRiver46 ususally just calls it the Fashion Police.

The worst part is when your jeans are just barely ripped. Still perfectly acceptable fishing pants. Then you go to put them on and step thru the hole!!! Then you freeze your knees off like me 

canoeing for crappies. Reminds me of “a river runs through it” …….. “closed mouth cal communes with the crappies”
 

 

Went fishing off the bank after work , hands nearly froze off. Caught a ton of bluegill, one crappie and one perch. The sidewalk gathered a forest worth of lumber during the late September hurricane 

Bream were biting good - got 25 in 45 minutes before dark. 

@North Florida Mike: I bet that was soooo fun. I haven't caught bluegills since I was twenty-something, but I'd love to catch them again before I'm too old to fish for them. 

@Swamp Girl I love bream fishing. I have several different kinds in the lake. Yesterday, it was mostly copperhead bluegills and shellcrackers ( Redears). 
I have a ultralight spinning combo that makes it more fun. I often have friends over with their kids or grandkids to fish, and that makes me feel like I’m giving back for all the blessings Ive received.

I also catch some big golden shiners and catfish occasionally along with the bream…

5 minutes ago, N Florida Mike said:

@Swamp Girl I love bream fishing. I have several different kinds in the lake. Yesterday, it was mostly copperhead bluegills and shellcrackers ( Redears). 
I have a ultralight spinning combo that makes it more fun. I often have friends over with their kids or grandkids to fish, and that makes me feel like I’m giving back for all the blessings Ive received.

I also catch some big golden shiners and catfish occasionally along with the bream…

 

Lucky kids! And you're a good man, Charlie Brown. 

16 hours ago, Swamp Girl said:

I'd love to catch them again before I'm too old to fish for them. 

I don't think you can ever be too old or too young to catch bluegill!

6poundbass got a healthy pike on a tip up today.

 

 

@12poundbass, heck yeah! 

Sometimes I get lazy and just want to relax and sit while I fish. Today , the last hour of sunlight was perfect for that. Nice temps in the low 60s. Calm wind. Perfect time for some bream. Ended with app. 15 , with some nice ones mixed in.

Also got 2 giant golden shiners in the mix . One of them was 12 inch ! They fight like a bass on my ultralight.

I’m excited to see them because I dont have near as many now as in the old days…

Beautiful fish @N Florida Mike!

 

There's gotta be a monster Bass in that lake that you're always posting these big BGs from, and now seeing the monster Shiners.     You should chunk that 12" Shiner out there on a hook, and see what lives there for real 😎

2 hours ago, N Florida Mike said:

Also got 2 giant golden shiners in the mix . One of them was 12 inch !

Golden shiners are a very desirable live bait here this time of year for ice anglers. They have that irresistible “shimmer” or “flash” that bring in walleyes more than other types of minnow.

 

The problem is 1) supply, 2) cost, and 3) mortality. It’s tough to find them and when you do, they are very expensive. The most recent price I saw in a bait shop was 15 bucks for a dozen (about 3-4 inchers) and they count them out one at a time. Lastly, half of them are often dead by the time you get to  the lake, and the other ones die if you look at them wrong.

 

Still, even with the potential downsides, anglers want them because they’re more effective.

@gimI’ve fished with them a lot through the years. Wild ones work much better than those raised at a farm.

@AlabamaSpothunter  Thanks. I have had some big bass  through the years, but otters cleaned some of them out

The last few years. The lake used to be full of shiners, but they aren’t nearly as common anymore. I have fished with big shiners a lot. 
The population is low right now but getting better. I throw them back now because I want them to reproduce …

Buying golden shiners in Florida is a combat sport 

@TnRiver46 Affording them is bad enough! I can catch my own, if I have enough time.

Me and an eagle went fishin, caught 3 bluegill and a perch the size of a rapala 

Got out extra early to beat everyone to my spot on what was supposed to be an extra nice day (didn't end up mattering, still got ran off). Brought the cat rods and caught a healthy blue before the sun even got up.